US 12,320,399 B2
Image forming apparatus capable of reducing braking force applied to rotation of operation panel
Giang Thuy Nguyen, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed by KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Jul. 17, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/775,548.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-116757 (JP), filed on Jul. 18, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0027550 A1, Jan. 23, 2025
Int. Cl. E05D 11/08 (2006.01); B41J 29/00 (2006.01); F16D 55/02 (2006.01); F16D 65/18 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01); E05D 11/10 (2006.01); F16D 121/14 (2012.01); F16D 127/02 (2012.01); F16H 19/08 (2006.01)
CPC F16D 65/18 (2013.01) [B41J 29/00 (2013.01); F16D 55/02 (2013.01); G03G 15/5016 (2013.01); G03G 21/1647 (2013.01); E05D 11/087 (2013.01); E05D 11/1078 (2013.01); F16D 2121/14 (2013.01); F16D 2127/02 (2013.01); F16H 19/08 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
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1. An image forming apparatus, comprising a brake mechanism which supports an operation panel with respect to an apparatus body such that the operation panel can be stopped at an arbitrary rotation angle, wherein
the brake mechanism includes
a gear portion formed about a rotation shaft in the operation panel,
a body-side gear which intermeshes with the gear portion and rotates about the rotation shaft,
a button which is movable in an axial direction of the rotation shaft, and
a bias member which is arranged between the button and the body-side gear and biases the body-side gear along the axial direction, and
the brake mechanism is capable of reducing a braking force applied to a rotation of the body-side gear by moving the button along the axial direction in a direction in which the button moves away from the body-side gear and thus reducing a bias force of the bias member.